00.21.4 Title Deed of Pleasant Field, to parcel of one hundred and sixty acres, purchased at Crawfordsville , dated 2nd April, 1829.

2009.1.1 Title Deed of Isaac Armstrong to 160 acres, purchased at Crawfordsville 13th March 1837.

2011.3.1 Title Deed of James Mundell, to parcel of seventy acres, purchased at Crawfordsville , dated 30th January, 1828.

Box 103 Miscellaneous

55.1621.1-2 Thomas Paxton to Blair Taylor, January 18th, 1929.

55.1626.1-6 WWII War Ration Books and Stamps, Ernest A Wilkinsom.

2014.6.10-34 WWII related forms and correspondence dealing with the military service of Sgt. Herbert M Fruits of New Richmond in the 811th Tank Destroyer Battalion from 1942-46. Included are details related to his service and provisional MIA status in Normandy, as well as discharge papers.

Box 105 Miscellaneous

2014.2.4 1921-2 Scrapbook/Diary of Ellen B Long, Crawfordsville.

2014.2.5 1922-3 Diary of Ellen B Long, Crawfordsville.

2014.2.6 1949 Diary of Ellen B Long, Crawfordsville wife/mother, dealing with all manner of day to day events.

R10 Records and Correspondence of the Lane Family. Binder. Presented to Montgomery Co. Historical Society by May Stone, October 1949.

Includes typed correspondence of Henry S Lane, Pamela Lane, and Joanna Lane to family members in Kentucky, 1834-61; photographs of Lane family residences and graves in Kentucky; and also a complete genealogy of the Lane family and ancestors dating to their emigration to Maryland in 1636.

R12 John Beard—Crawfordsville educator

Misc newspaper clippings

R20 Binford Family—Crawfordsville founders

Miscellaneous and extensive set of newspaper clippings, genealogy, census copies dealing with the Binfords.

R30 Aaron and Helen Blair

Copies of correspondence, newspaper clippings, 1860s.

R40 William Bratton, of Crawfordsville

Documents relating to the historical marker erected for William Bratton of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

R50 George S Brower—Crawfordsville craftsman and inventor

Copies of materials relating to George Brower, c. 1870s-1890s

R60 Cantrell, Martha, Director MCHS

Correspondence on research topics relating to Lane Place and Montgomery Co, 1982-7.

R65 Jedediah Carter

Civil War Service document of Jedediah Carter of Crawfordsville in 22nd Indiana Infantry

R70 Helen Collar

Documents relating to Helen Collar’s booklet, “Sugar Creek Through the Years and How it Developed,”published by MCHS 1993.

R80 “History of 1000 W Main Street,” anon, n.d., 3pp.

R90 James B Elmore, the Bard of Alamo.

Newspaper clipping, n.d.

R100 Elston Family, Quit Claim Documents

Land Title Abstracts and other materials relating to the ownership and disposal of various parts of Elston Grove by members of the Lane and Wallace families, 1830-1945

R110 Elston , Maria Evelyn Akin

Copies of obituaries from local newspapers

R120 Elston, Isaac Compton (1794-1867)

Misc copies of documents, clippings, relating to the life of Maj Isaac Elston and his servants.

“Speech Made by Joanna Lane from Balcony of Lane Place to a Company led by Mr Lane to the Mexican War….” 1846. Typescript, 1p.

“Memories of Lincoln,” n.d. Joanna Lane, typescript, 5pp.

Copies of miscellaneous correspondence, 1849-96; obituaries.

R230 Census Records, Lane Family

Copies, 1820-1930.

R240 Henry S. Lane, 1811-81

Extensive files include copies of correspondence from Indiana University, Indiana Historical Society, Lincoln Papers, etc; copies of biographical accounts in nineteenth century publications; newspaper accounts of speeches made in US Senate 1861-7; correspondence with family members 1842ff; obituaries; Civil War speeches and clippings; appointment by President Grant to Bureau of Indian Affairs 1869; a speech to the people of Montgomery County regarding the Mexican question, 1846; Odd Fellows Membership; local newspaper articles 1835ff;

R310 “Warren Pierces letter home to Crawfordsville 1 September 1945 upon the ship where the Japanese sumendered in WWII.”

R320 Ernie Pyle

1995 Commemorative material

R330 Roxie Remley, Darlington, WWII veteran account

R340 Helen Elson Smith, 1867-1939

Includes correspondence relating to her 1887 sale of stolen John Wilkes Booth memorabilia; inventories of property left to the MCHS; her mortgaging of Lane Plane to the Elston Bank; the transfer of Lane Place to MCHS; correspondence with her trustee, Blair Taylor in the 1930s; bills relating to unpaid debts; documents relating to the transfer of Lane Place to the MCHS 1930-4; and early MCHS inventories.

R350 Charity Smith house

Photographic negatives

R370 John Allen Speed / Speed Cabin

Copies of census records, official documents relating to John Allen Speed; research into Montgomery Co. Underground Railroad; transfer of Speed Cabin to Lane Place; restoration photos; registration with National Parks Underground Railroad network.

R374 Homer Stonebraker, Wingate Indiana

R375 Daniel Stover, of Crawfordsville

1847 Certificate as Member of Sons of Temperance

R376 Hannah Gilkey, of Crawfordsville

1891 Obituary

R380 Oren Edgar Summers, of Ladoga

Genealogical and copies relating to the life of Detroit Tigers pitcher.

R390 BlairTaylor, 1894-1955

Obituary; minutes of MCHS meeting 1932

R400 James Maurice Thompson, 1844-1901

Misc newspaper clippings

R410 Maurice Thompson

Misc clippings, and material related to home at Sherwood Place, Crawfordsville

R420 Turnipseed Family

Genealogical material on Turnipseed family and their bequest to the MCHS 1985